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The croaking of frogs in the Lincolnshire fens. We have Cambridgeshire nightingales, meaning frogs; fen nightingales, the Liège nightingale. In a somewhat similar way asses are called “…
[one who swells the checks]. King of the Frogs, and son of Pelus [mud], slain by Troxartas, the Mouse-king. Great Physignathos I, from Peleus' race, Begot in fair Hydromede's embrace.…
Whoever possessed the “Nibelungen hoard” (q.v.). Thus at one time certain people of Norway were so called, but when Siegfried possessed himself of the hoard he was called King of the…
Conceited. The frog that tried to look as big as an ox was a “botty” frog (Norfolk ). A similar word is “swell,” though not identical in meaning. “Bumpkin” and “bumptious” are of similar…
According to Indian mythology, the world rests on the head of a great elephant, and when, for the sake of rest, the huge monster refreshes itself by moving its head, an earthquake is…
Mother of Apollo and Diana. When she knelt by a fountain in Delos (infants in arms) to quench her thirst at a small lake, some Lycian clowns insulted her and were turned into frogs. As…
by Robert Burns Death and Doctor HornbookSecond Epistle To J. LapraikEpistle To J. Lapraik, An Old Scottish Bard April 1, 1785 While briers an' woodbines budding green,
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William J. Clinton (January 23, 1996) Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of the 104th Congress, distinguished guests, my fellow Americans all across our land: Let me begin tonight by saying to…
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